EFFICACY OF A FIRST COURSE OF IBUPROFEN FOR PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS CLOSURE IN EXTREMELY PRETERM NEWBORNS ACCORDING TO THEIR GESTATIONAL AGE-SPECIFIC Z-SCORE FOR BIRTH WEIGHT.

OBJECTIVE:Therapeutic strategies for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in very preterm infants remain controversial.To identify infants likely to benefit from treatment, we analysed the efficacy of a first course of ibuprofen in small-for-gestational age (SGA) newborns.STUDY DESIGN:This single-centre retrospective study included 185 infants born at 24

Victor M Villegas,1,2 Shuo-Chieh Wu,1 Timothy G Murray,2 Kara M Cavuoto,1 Hilda Capo,1 Craig A McKeown1 1Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL, USA; 2Miami Ocular Oncology and Retina, Miami, FL, USA Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to investigate refractive errors in children with unilateral and b

Some reports have described the interference of Leishmania on sand flies physiology, and such behavior most likely evolved to favor the development and transmission of the parasite.Most of these studies showed that Leishmania could modulate the level of proteases in the midgut after an infective blood meal, and decreased proteolytic activity is ind

Animal cell culture technology in the production of slaughter-free meat offers ethical advantages with regards to animal welfare, rendering it a more socially acceptable approach for dog meat production.In this study, edible plant-derived scaffold was used as a platform for cell expansion to GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE construct cell-cultured dog meat slices